Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.3 released

October 8th, 2011

The Debian project is pleased to announce the third update of its
stable distribution Debian 6.0 (codename squeeze).
This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable
release, along with a few adjustments to serious problems. Security advisories
were already published separately and are referenced where available.

Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian
6.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is
no need to throw away 6.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an
up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date
packages to be updated.

Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have
to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are
included in this update.

New installation media and CD and DVD images containing updated packages
will be available soon at the regular locations.

Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the
aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to
one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list of
mirrors is available at:

Fix uninitialised memory while parsing the tls_ciphers; fix problem with partial attribute name matches in DN; make all string buffers able to represent 64-bit numbers; treat the hard value for tls_reqcert as if it was demand

Note that the krb5 change mentioned above requires a further update to the nfs-common
package before it will be effective. It is hoped that this update will be included in
the next point release.

During the final stages of the point release, it was noticed that the quassel
package no longer included any translation files. It is hoped that an update restoring
the translations will be available soon via squeeze-updates and included in the
next point release.

Security Updates

This revision adds the following security updates to the stable
release. The Security Team has already released an advisory for each of
these updates:

Debian Installer

The Debian Installer has been updated in this point release to
correct the following issues (among others):

fix netinstall on IP22 / IP32 (mips)

allow use of grub-legacy to be pre-seeded (if appropriate)

The kernel image used by the installer has been updated to incorporate a
number of important and security-related fixes together with updates to the
e1000e, igb, igbvf, r8169, tg3, and broadcom network drivers to add
support for additional hardware.

The GNU/kFreeBSD installer also incorporates an updated kernel image
including an updated if_msk Gigabit Ethernet driver.